CN103047979B - Passive laser gyroscope - Google Patents
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本发明涉及激光技术,尤其是涉及被动型激光陀螺。The invention relates to laser technology, in particular to a passive laser gyroscope.
背景技术 Background technique
作为惯性导航系统核心的惯性器件,陀螺可以用来测量飞行器在飞行过程中方向的微小变化,从而有助于惯性导航系统连续计算飞行器的位置、速度以及方向,实现飞行器在不需要借助外界参考的情况下进行飞行,因此陀螺在国防科学技术和国民经济的许多领域中扮演着非常重要的角色。自从上个世纪六十年代激光发明以来,基于萨格纳克(Sagnac)效应的光学惯性导航研究得到了迅猛的发展。与传统的机械陀螺相比,由于工作时不需要元件的移动,所以其可靠性与分辨率都较前者有很大的提升空间。根据激光增益介质与环形腔的几何位置关系,激光陀螺可分为主动型与被动型两种。当增益介质位于环形腔内时为主动型,当增益介质位于环形腔外时为被动型。As the core inertial device of the inertial navigation system, the gyroscope can be used to measure the small changes in the direction of the aircraft during flight, which helps the inertial navigation system to continuously calculate the position, speed and direction of the aircraft, and realize the aircraft without external reference. Therefore, gyroscopes play a very important role in many fields of national defense science and technology and national economy. Since the invention of laser in the 1960s, research on optical inertial navigation based on the Sagnac effect has developed rapidly. Compared with the traditional mechanical gyroscope, since it does not need to move components during operation, its reliability and resolution have a lot of room for improvement. According to the geometric relationship between the laser gain medium and the ring cavity, the laser gyroscope can be divided into two types: active type and passive type. The active type is when the gain medium is inside the annular cavity, and the passive type is when the gain medium is outside the annular cavity.
激光陀螺通过测量激光在环形腔中沿顺时针(CW)方向旋转与沿逆时针(CCW)方向旋转时的频率差来确定其旋转角速度。具体公式为:The laser gyro determines its rotational angular velocity by measuring the frequency difference between the clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) rotations of the laser in the ring cavity. The specific formula is:
其中Δf表示测量到的频差,A为环形腔所包围的面积,λ为激光的波长,P为环形腔所包围区域的周长,Ω为环形腔的旋转角速度。Where Δf represents the measured frequency difference, A is the area surrounded by the ring cavity, λ is the wavelength of the laser, P is the circumference of the area surrounded by the ring cavity, and Ω is the rotational angular velocity of the ring cavity.
在现有技术中,为了提高角速度测量的灵敏度,已经尝试使用面积A区域尽可能大的环形腔,以及尽可能短的激光波长。例如,假设使用圆型环形腔且具有10赫兹的频率分辨精度,使用的波长为0.633微米,由公式(1)可知,对于测量精度为0.001度/s的陀螺,对应的环形腔半径在18mm。若频率分辨精度为1000赫兹,对应的环形腔半径则为1.8m。但是,通过增大陀螺所包围的区域面积来提高探测灵敏度会带来另外一个问题,那就是随着陀螺所包围区域的增大,各种不可避免的扰动将使得陀螺的稳定性降低。In the prior art, in order to improve the sensitivity of angular velocity measurement, attempts have been made to use a ring cavity with the area A as large as possible and a laser wavelength as short as possible. For example, assuming a circular cavity with a frequency resolution of 10 Hz and a wavelength of 0.633 microns, it can be seen from formula (1) that for a gyroscope with a measurement accuracy of 0.001 degrees/s, the corresponding radius of the cavity is 18 mm. If the frequency resolution accuracy is 1000 Hz, the corresponding annular cavity radius is 1.8m. However, increasing the detection sensitivity by increasing the area surrounded by the gyro will bring another problem, that is, with the increase of the area surrounded by the gyro, various unavoidable disturbances will reduce the stability of the gyro.
传统的主动型激光陀螺的噪声主要来自两个方面:一是激光介质的自发辐射,这是激光陀螺仪噪声的量子极限;二是目前多数激光陀螺仪采用的抖动偏频技术,会造成输入信号的漏失,并导致输出信号相位角的随机变化。闭锁阈值将影响到激光陀螺仪标度因数的线性度和稳定度。闭锁阈值取决于谐振光路中的损耗,主要是反射镜的损耗。The noise of the traditional active laser gyroscope mainly comes from two aspects: one is the spontaneous radiation of the laser medium, which is the quantum limit of the noise of the laser gyroscope; , and cause random changes in the phase angle of the output signal. The lockout threshold will affect the linearity and stability of the scale factor of the laser gyroscope. The lock-up threshold depends on the losses in the resonant optical path, mainly the losses of the mirrors.
被动型激光陀螺由于增益介质在环形腔外,可以有效地去除闭锁效应以及自发辐射噪声。由于腔内没有增益介质,作为影响激光陀螺精度的关键参数,即腔的稳定性和谐振峰线宽或细度的指标可进一步改善。传统被动型陀螺又分为激光器锁定在陀螺的环形腔上和陀螺的环形腔锁定在激光器上两种方式。然而传统的陀螺中,对于前者,一般的环形腔,特别是具有较大环面积的环形腔,难以有效抑制外界干扰,因此使得陀螺的稳定性降低。因此,腔的稳定性的提高受到了技术上的限制。而对于后者,由于普通激光器的线宽和稳定性并不是很好,这也直接限制了激光陀螺的精度。The passive laser gyroscope can effectively remove the latch-up effect and spontaneous emission noise because the gain medium is outside the ring cavity. Since there is no gain medium in the cavity, the key parameters affecting the accuracy of the laser gyroscope, that is, the stability of the cavity and the line width or fineness of the resonant peak can be further improved. The traditional passive gyroscope can be divided into two ways: the laser is locked on the ring cavity of the gyroscope and the ring cavity of the gyroscope is locked on the laser. However, in the traditional gyroscope, for the former, it is difficult for a general ring cavity, especially a ring cavity with a larger ring area, to effectively suppress external interference, thus reducing the stability of the gyroscope. Therefore, the improvement of the stability of the chamber is technically limited. As for the latter, the line width and stability of ordinary lasers are not very good, which directly limits the accuracy of laser gyroscopes.
发明内容 Contents of the invention
本发明要解决的技术问题是提供被动型激光陀螺,从而能够提高激光陀螺的精度和灵敏度。The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a passive laser gyroscope, so that the accuracy and sensitivity of the laser gyroscope can be improved.
根据本发明的一个方面,提供一种被动型激光陀螺,其特征在于,激光陀螺包括激光装置、线宽压窄反馈装置,陀螺装置,线宽压窄反馈装置中还包括法布里-珀罗FP腔,陀螺装置中还包括环形腔,其中:According to one aspect of the present invention, a passive laser gyro is provided, wherein the laser gyro includes a laser device, a line width narrowing feedback device, a gyro device, and the line width narrowing feedback device also includes a Fabry-Perot The FP cavity, the gyroscopic arrangement also includes an annular cavity, wherein:
激光装置,用于分别向线宽压窄反馈装置输出第一激光信号、向陀螺装置输出第二激光信号,并利用线宽压窄反馈装置反馈的激光信号或者电信号将激光装置输出的第二激光信号的中心频率锁定为所述FP腔的谐振频率;The laser device is used to respectively output the first laser signal to the line width narrowing feedback device, output the second laser signal to the gyro device, and use the laser signal or electrical signal fed back by the line width narrowing feedback device to output the second laser signal output by the laser device. The center frequency of the laser signal is locked to the resonant frequency of the FP cavity;
线宽压窄反馈装置,用于将激光装置提供的第一激光信号提供给所述FP腔,并将所述FP腔输出的激光信号或者由所述FP腔输出的激光信号转换的电信号反馈给激光装置;The line width narrowing feedback device is used to provide the first laser signal provided by the laser device to the FP cavity, and feed back the laser signal output by the FP cavity or the electrical signal converted from the laser signal output by the FP cavity for laser devices;
陀螺装置,用于接收激光装置输出的第二激光信号,并根据第二激光信号在陀螺装置中的环形腔中分别沿顺时针方向旋转的频率和沿逆时针方向旋转的频率之间的差值来确定所述陀螺装置的旋转角速度。The gyro device is used to receive the second laser signal output by the laser device, and according to the difference between the frequency of clockwise rotation and the frequency of counterclockwise rotation in the ring cavity of the gyro device according to the second laser signal to determine the rotational angular velocity of the gyro device.
本发明通过将激光装置输出的激光信号通过FP腔反馈回激光装置,从而将激光装置输出的激光信号的中心频率锁定在FP腔的谐振频率上,利用FP腔的稳定性,可以实现激光装置输出的激光线宽压窄和激光频率的稳定,并通过压窄激光线宽可以提高激光陀螺旋转角速度测量的精度和灵敏度。In the present invention, the laser signal output by the laser device is fed back to the laser device through the FP cavity, so that the center frequency of the laser signal output by the laser device is locked on the resonant frequency of the FP cavity, and the output of the laser device can be realized by utilizing the stability of the FP cavity. The narrowing of the laser line width and the stability of the laser frequency can improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the laser gyro angular velocity measurement by narrowing the laser line width.
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图1为本发明被动型激光陀螺一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图2为本发明激光陀螺中激光装置和线宽压窄装置一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the laser device and the line width narrowing device in the laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图3为本发明激光陀螺中激光装置和线宽压窄装置另一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the laser device and the line width narrowing device in the laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图4为本发明激光陀螺中陀螺装置一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the gyro device in the laser gyro of the present invention.
图5为本发明激光陀螺中陀螺装置另一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the gyro device in the laser gyro of the present invention.
图6为本发明被动型激光陀螺另一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图7为本发明被动型激光陀螺又一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图8为本发明被动型激光陀螺又一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention.
图9为本发明被动型激光陀螺又一个实施例的示意图。Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention.
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下面参照附图对本发明进行更全面的描述,其中说明本发明的示例性实施例。The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
图1为本发明被动型激光陀螺一个实施例的示意图。如图1所示,该激光陀螺包括激光装置1、线宽压窄反馈装置2,陀螺装置3,线宽压窄反馈装置2中还包括法布里-珀罗FP腔,陀螺装置3中还包括环形腔,其中:Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the passive laser gyroscope of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the laser gyroscope includes a laser device 1, a line width narrowing feedback device 2, and a gyro device 3. The line width narrowing feedback device 2 also includes a Fabry-Perot FP cavity, and the gyro device 3 also includes includes an annular chamber in which:
激光装置1,用于分别向线宽压窄反馈装置2输出第一激光信号,向陀螺装置3输出第二激光信号,并利用线宽压窄反馈装置2反馈的激光信号或者电信号将激光装置1输出的第二激光信号的中心频率锁定为所述FP腔的谐振频率;The laser device 1 is used to respectively output the first laser signal to the line width narrowing feedback device 2, output the second laser signal to the gyro device 3, and use the laser signal or electrical signal fed back by the line width narrowing feedback device 2 to control the laser device. 1. The center frequency of the output second laser signal is locked to the resonant frequency of the FP cavity;
线宽压窄反馈装置2,用于将激光装置1提供的第一激光信号提供给所述FP腔,并将所述FP腔输出的激光信号或者由所述FP腔输出的激光信号转换的电信号反馈给激光装置1;The line width narrowing feedback device 2 is used to provide the first laser signal provided by the laser device 1 to the FP cavity, and convert the laser signal output by the FP cavity or the electrical signal converted from the laser signal output by the FP cavity The signal is fed back to the laser device 1;
陀螺装置3,用于接收激光装置1输出的第二激光信号,并根据第二激光信号在陀螺装置3中的环形腔中分别沿顺时针方向旋转的频率和沿逆时针方向旋转的频率之间的差值来确定所述陀螺装置3的旋转角速度。The gyro device 3 is used to receive the second laser signal output by the laser device 1, and to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise in the ring cavity in the gyro device 3 according to the second laser signal. to determine the rotational angular velocity of the gyro device 3 .
基于本发明上述实施例提供的被动型激光陀螺,通过将激光装置输出的激光信号通过线宽压窄反馈装置中的FP腔反馈回激光装置,从而将激光装置输入的激光信号的中心频率锁定在FP腔的谐振频率上,利用FP腔的稳定性,可以实现激光装置输出的激光线宽压窄和激光频率的稳定,并通过压窄激光线宽可以提高激光陀螺旋转角速度测量的精度和灵敏度。Based on the passive laser gyroscope provided by the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention, the center frequency of the laser signal input by the laser device is locked at At the resonant frequency of the FP cavity, the stability of the FP cavity can be used to narrow the laser linewidth output by the laser device and stabilize the laser frequency, and the accuracy and sensitivity of the laser gyro angular velocity measurement can be improved by narrowing the laser linewidth.
通过对上述公式(1)进行变形可得到公式(2),即得到了角速度测量灵敏度的表达式。Formula (2) can be obtained by deforming the above formula (1), that is, the expression of angular velocity measurement sensitivity is obtained.
其中δf为激光分别在顺时针方向上旋转的频率和在逆时针方向上旋转的频率之间的差值。从公式(2)中可以得知,在不对参数A、λ和P进行修改的前提下,通过减小所用激光线宽,就可以提高角速度测量灵敏度。where δf is the difference between the frequency at which the laser rotates in the clockwise direction and the frequency at which it rotates in the counterclockwise direction, respectively. It can be seen from formula (2) that under the premise of not modifying the parameters A, λ and P, the angular velocity measurement sensitivity can be improved by reducing the line width of the laser used.
根据本发明激光陀螺一个具体实施例,陀螺装置中的环形腔可以是基于光纤环路形式的光纤环形腔,也可以是基于空间光形式的自由空间环形腔。According to a specific embodiment of the laser gyroscope of the present invention, the ring cavity in the gyroscope device can be a fiber ring cavity based on a fiber loop, or a free space ring cavity based on a spatial light.
根据本发明另一具体实施例,可采用具有高稳定度的FP腔,例如,锁定在该FP腔上激光的频率短期稳定度(阿伦(Allan)方差)可小于等于10-10,优选地,阿伦(Allan)方差可小于等于10-11、10-12、10-13、10-14、10-15或10-16。According to another specific embodiment of the present invention, an FP cavity with high stability can be used, for example, the frequency short-term stability (Allan (Allan) variance) of the laser locked on the FP cavity can be less than or equal to 10 −10 , preferably , the Allan variance can be less than or equal to 10 -11 , 10 -12 , 10 -13 , 10 -14 , 10 -15 or 10 -16 .
图2为本发明激光装置1和线宽压窄反馈装置2一个具体实施例的示意图。本发明的附图中,粗线表示光路,细线表示电子线路。在图2中,激光装置1包括激光器101、隔离器102、第一半波片103和第一偏振分光棱镜104。线宽压窄反馈装置2包括第一电光调制器201、第一信号源202、第二偏振分光棱镜203、四分之一波片204、法布里-珀罗(FP)腔205、第一光电探测器206、第一混频器207、伺服系统208。其中隔离器102的隔离比可以大于60dB。FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific embodiment of the laser device 1 and the line width narrowing feedback device 2 of the present invention. In the drawings of the present invention, thick lines represent optical paths, and thin lines represent electronic circuits. In FIG. 2 , the laser device 1 includes a laser 101 , an isolator 102 , a first half-wave plate 103 and a first polarization beam splitter prism 104 . The line width narrowing feedback device 2 includes a first electro-optic modulator 201, a first signal source 202, a second polarization beam splitter prism 203, a quarter wave plate 204, a Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity 205, a first A photodetector 206 , a first mixer 207 , and a servo system 208 . Wherein the isolation ratio of the isolator 102 may be greater than 60dB.
其中激光器101输出的激光信号通过隔离器102、第一半波片103后进入第一偏振分光棱镜104,所述第一偏振分光棱镜104将激光信号分为第一激光信号和第二激光信号,其中将第一激光信号提供给线宽压窄反馈装置2中的第一电光调制器201,将第二激光信号提供给陀螺装置3。Wherein the laser signal output by the laser 101 enters the first polarization beam splitter 104 after passing through the isolator 102 and the first half-wave plate 103, and the first polarization beam splitter prism 104 divides the laser signal into a first laser signal and a second laser signal, The first laser signal is provided to the first electro-optic modulator 201 in the line width narrowing feedback device 2 , and the second laser signal is provided to the gyro device 3 .
线宽压窄反馈装置2中的第一电光调制器201接收到所述第一激光信号后,第一电光调制器201利用第一信号源202提供的本振信号对所述第一激光信号进行调制,并将调制后的信号通过第二偏振分光棱镜203以及四分之一波片204入射FP腔205,其中四分之一波片204用于将激光信号的偏振特性由线偏振变为圆偏振,FP腔205中直接反射的光与FP腔205内振荡后透射的光合束并干涉,从FP腔205中射出的激光信号再次经过所述四分之一波片204进入第二偏振分光棱镜203,此时四分之一波片204将激光信号的偏振特性变为水平偏振,激光信号从第二偏振分光棱镜203透射后被第一光电探测器206接收并转化为电信号,该电信号与第一信号源202产生的本振信号在第一混频器207中进行混频,经伺服系统208后反馈回激光器。即在该具体实施例中,线宽压窄反馈装置2向激光装置1反馈的信号为电信号。After the first electro-optic modulator 201 in the linewidth narrowing feedback device 2 receives the first laser signal, the first electro-optic modulator 201 uses the local oscillator signal provided by the first signal source 202 to process the first laser signal modulation, and the modulated signal is incident into the FP cavity 205 through the second polarization beam splitter prism 203 and the quarter-wave plate 204, wherein the quarter-wave plate 204 is used to change the polarization characteristic of the laser signal from linear polarization to circular Polarization, the light directly reflected in the FP cavity 205 combines and interferes with the light transmitted after oscillation in the FP cavity 205, and the laser signal emitted from the FP cavity 205 passes through the quarter-wave plate 204 again and enters the second polarization beam splitter prism 203. At this time, the quarter-wave plate 204 changes the polarization characteristic of the laser signal into horizontal polarization. After the laser signal is transmitted from the second polarization beam splitter 203, it is received by the first photodetector 206 and converted into an electrical signal. The local oscillator signal generated by the first signal source 202 is mixed in the first mixer 207 and fed back to the laser after passing through the servo system 208 . That is, in this specific embodiment, the signal fed back by the line width narrowing feedback device 2 to the laser device 1 is an electrical signal.
当线宽压窄反馈装置2向激光装置1反馈所述电信号时,将电信号直接反馈给激光器101以将激光器101输出激光的中心频率锁定为所述FP腔的谐振频率。从而实现对激光线宽的压窄,并将FP腔的稳定度传递到激光器的输出频率上。When the line width narrowing feedback device 2 feeds back the electrical signal to the laser device 1, the electrical signal is directly fed back to the laser 101 to lock the center frequency of the laser output from the laser 101 to the resonant frequency of the FP cavity. In this way, the narrowing of the laser line width is realized, and the stability of the FP cavity is transferred to the output frequency of the laser.
根据本发明激光陀螺另一具体实施例,在线宽压窄反馈装置2中,电光调制器通常为电光调制晶体,其对激光的输出频率进行调制,电光调制器的调制频率为fm1,通过调制在激光中心频率的两侧产生大小相等、位相相反的边带。同时利用边带锁频技术或者其它相应技术并结合高速反馈电路,可以将激光频率锁定在FP腔的谐振频率上,从而实现激光的线宽压窄。According to another specific embodiment of the laser gyroscope of the present invention, in the linewidth narrowing feedback device 2, the electro-optic modulator is usually an electro-optic modulation crystal, which modulates the output frequency of the laser, and the modulation frequency of the electro-optic modulator is f m1 , by modulating Sidebands of equal size and opposite phase are generated on both sides of the laser center frequency. At the same time, by using sideband frequency locking technology or other corresponding technologies combined with high-speed feedback circuits, the laser frequency can be locked on the resonant frequency of the FP cavity, thereby realizing the narrowing of the laser line width.
根据本发明激光陀螺另一具体实施例,激光器可以为分布式反馈激光器。According to another specific embodiment of the laser gyroscope of the present invention, the laser may be a distributed feedback laser.
图3为本发明激光装置和线宽压窄装置另一个实施例的示意图。在图3中,激光装置1包括激光器111、隔离器112、第一半波片113和第一偏振分光棱镜114。线宽压窄反馈系统2包括法布里-珀罗FP腔211、第五全反射镜M5和第六全反射镜M6。Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the laser device and the line width narrowing device of the present invention. In FIG. 3 , the laser device 1 includes a laser 111 , an isolator 112 , a first half-wave plate 113 and a first polarization beam splitter prism 114 . The line width narrowing feedback system 2 includes a Fabry-Perot FP cavity 211 , a fifth total reflection mirror M5 and a sixth total reflection mirror M6 .
激光器111输出的激光信号通过隔离器112、第一半波片113后进入第一偏振分光棱镜114,所述第一偏振分光棱镜114将激光信号分为第一激光信号和第二激光信号,其中将第一激光信号提供给线宽压窄反馈装置2中的全反射镜M5,将第二激光信号提供给陀螺装置3。The laser signal output by the laser 111 enters the first polarization beam splitter 114 after passing through the isolator 112 and the first half-wave plate 113, and the first polarization beam splitter prism 114 divides the laser signal into a first laser signal and a second laser signal, wherein The first laser signal is provided to the total reflection mirror M5 in the line width narrowing feedback device 2 , and the second laser signal is provided to the gyro device 3 .
第一激光信号经由线宽压窄反馈装置2中的全反射镜M5进行的全反射进入FP腔211,从FP腔211中透射出的激光信号经过M6反馈进入激光装置1中的隔离器112。即在该具体实施例中,线宽压窄反馈装置2向激光装置1反馈的信号为激光信号。The first laser signal enters the FP cavity 211 through total reflection by the total reflection mirror M5 in the line width narrowing feedback device 2 , and the laser signal transmitted from the FP cavity 211 feeds back into the isolator 112 in the laser device 1 through M6 . That is, in this specific embodiment, the signal fed back by the line width narrowing feedback device 2 to the laser device 1 is a laser signal.
当线宽压窄反馈装置2将反馈的激光信号提供给所述隔离器112时,隔离器112将所述反馈的激光信号提供给激光器111以将激光器111输出激光的中心频率锁定为所述FP腔的谐振频率。When the line width narrowing feedback device 2 provides the feedback laser signal to the isolator 112, the isolator 112 provides the feedback laser signal to the laser 111 to lock the center frequency of the laser output from the laser 111 to the FP cavity resonance frequency.
根据本发明激光陀螺另一具体实施例,激光器可以为分布式反馈激光器。According to another specific embodiment of the laser gyroscope of the present invention, the laser may be a distributed feedback laser.
图4为本发明激光陀螺中陀螺装置一个实施例的示意图。在图4中,陀螺装置中的环形腔是光纤环形腔。Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the gyro device in the laser gyro of the present invention. In Fig. 4, the annular cavity in the gyro device is a fiber optic annular cavity.
在图4中,由激光装置1中第一偏振分光棱镜104或114提供的第二激光信号通过第二半波片301进入第三偏振分光棱镜302,第三偏振分光棱镜302将激光信号分为反射光路和透射光路,其中反射光路通过第一分光棱镜303分为反射部分和透射部分,反射部分进入第二光电探测器304以用于拍频测量,透射部分进入第二电光调制器305,第二电光调制器305利用第二信号源306提供的本振信号对所述透射部分进行调制,在其中心频率侧产生两个边带,并将调制后的激光信号通过全反射镜M1进行全反射后进入第一环形器307的端口1,并从第一环形器307的端口2出射后进入光纤环形腔309并沿逆时针方向旋转,沿逆时针方向旋转的激光信号的透射光从第二环形器308的端口2进入第二环形器308,并从第二环形器308的端口3出射进入第二光电探测器310,第二光电探测器310将激光信号转换为电信号,第二混频器311将第二光电探测器310转换的电信号与第二信号源306产生的本振信号混频后经伺服系统312控制光纤环形腔上的压电陶瓷313,压电陶瓷313用于实现将在光纤环形腔中逆时针方向旋转的本振频率锁定在激光信号的频率f0上。In Fig. 4, the second laser signal provided by the first polarization beam splitter prism 104 or 114 in the laser device 1 enters the third polarization beam splitter prism 302 through the second half-wave plate 301, and the third polarization beam splitter prism 302 divides the laser signal into The reflection light path and the transmission light path, wherein the reflection light path is divided into a reflection part and a transmission part by the first dichroic prism 303, the reflection part enters the second photodetector 304 for beat frequency measurement, and the transmission part enters the second electro-optic modulator 305, the second The second electro-optic modulator 305 uses the local oscillator signal provided by the second signal source 306 to modulate the transmission part, generates two sidebands on its center frequency side, and performs total reflection on the modulated laser signal through the total reflection mirror M1 After entering the port 1 of the first circulator 307, and exiting from the port 2 of the first circulator 307, it enters the optical fiber ring cavity 309 and rotates in the counterclockwise direction, and the transmitted light of the laser signal rotating in the counterclockwise direction passes through the second ring The port 2 of the device 308 enters the second circulator 308, and enters the second photodetector 310 from the port 3 of the second circulator 308, and the second photodetector 310 converts the laser signal into an electrical signal, and the second mixer 311 mixes the electrical signal converted by the second photodetector 310 with the local oscillator signal generated by the second signal source 306, and then controls the piezoelectric ceramic 313 on the optical fiber ring cavity through the servo system 312. The piezoelectric ceramic 313 is used to realize the The frequency of the local oscillator rotating counterclockwise in the fiber ring cavity is locked to the frequency f 0 of the laser signal.
同时第三偏振分光棱镜302提供的透射光路经过第一声光调制器314和第二声光调制器315后,分别经由全反射镜M2和M3进行全反射。其中经过第一声光调制器314后一级光的频率变为f0+Ω1,经过第二声光调制器315后一级光频率为f0+Ω1-Ω2,其中Ω1和Ω2分别为第一声光调制器314和第二声光调制器315的驱动频率,经过第二声光调制器315后零级光的频率为f0+Ω1。其中第二光电探测器304将全反射镜M2进行全反射的激光信号和由第一分光棱镜303提供的反射部分进行合束后提供给第四光电探测器322以进行拍频测量,第三电光调制器316利用第三信号源319产生的本振信号对全反射镜M3进行全反射的激光信号进行调制,其中频率为f0+Ω1-Ω2的一级衍射光经过第三电光调制器316,在其中心频率两侧产生两个边带。第三电光调制器316将调制后的激光信号通过全反射镜M4进入第二环形器308的端口1,从第二环形器308的端口2出射后进入光纤环形腔309并沿顺时针方向旋转,沿顺时针方向旋转的激光信号的透射光从第一环形器307的端口2进入第一环形器307,并从第一环形器307的端口3出射进入第三光电探测器317,第三光电探测器317将激光信号转换为电信号,第三混频器318将第三光电探测器317提供的电信号与第三信号源319产生的本振信号混频后经伺服系统320控制压控振荡器321的输出频率Ω1,并将压控振荡器321的输出频率提供给第一声光调制器314。从而实现将激光信号的频率锁定在光纤环形腔中沿顺时针方向旋转的激光信号的本振频率上。At the same time, the transmitted light path provided by the third polarization beam splitter prism 302 passes through the first AOM 314 and the second AOM 315 , and is totally reflected by the total reflection mirrors M2 and M3 respectively. The frequency of the primary light after passing through the first acousto-optic modulator 314 becomes f 0 +Ω1, and the frequency of the primary light after passing through the second acousto-optic modulator 315 is f 0 +Ω1-Ω2, where Ω1 and Ω2 are respectively The driving frequency of the AOM 314 and the second AOM 315, the frequency of the zero-order light after passing through the second AOM 315 is f 0 +Ω1. Wherein the second photodetector 304 combines the laser signal totally reflected by the total reflection mirror M2 with the reflection part provided by the first dichroic prism 303 and provides it to the fourth photodetector 322 to measure the beat frequency. The modulator 316 uses the local oscillator signal generated by the third signal source 319 to modulate the laser signal totally reflected by the total reflection mirror M3, wherein the first-order diffracted light with a frequency of f 0 +Ω1-Ω2 passes through the third electro-optic modulator 316, Two sidebands are produced on either side of its center frequency. The third electro-optic modulator 316 passes the modulated laser signal into the port 1 of the second circulator 308 through the total reflection mirror M4, enters the optical fiber ring cavity 309 after exiting from the port 2 of the second circulator 308 and rotates clockwise, The transmitted light of the laser signal rotating clockwise enters the first circulator 307 from the port 2 of the first circulator 307, and enters the third photodetector 317 from the port 3 of the first circulator 307, and the third photodetector Converter 317 converts the laser signal into an electrical signal, and the third mixer 318 mixes the electrical signal provided by the third photodetector 317 with the local oscillator signal generated by the third signal source 319 and then controls the voltage controlled oscillator through the servo system 320 321 output frequency Ω1, and provide the output frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator 321 to the first acousto-optic modulator 314. In this way, the frequency of the laser signal is locked to the local oscillator frequency of the laser signal rotating clockwise in the fiber ring cavity.
在上述实施例中,在陀螺装置中将激光信号分为两束,其中将光纤环形腔中沿逆时针方向旋转的谐振频率锁定在其中一束窄线宽激光的频率上,同时将另一束窄线宽激光锁定在光纤环形腔中沿顺时针方向旋转的谐振频率上。通过对这两束激光进行拍频处理,便可以得到灵敏度很高的旋转角速度测量值。In the above embodiments, the laser signal is divided into two beams in the gyro device, wherein the resonant frequency of the fiber ring cavity rotating in the counterclockwise direction is locked to the frequency of one of the narrow linewidth laser beams, and the other beam is simultaneously The narrow linewidth laser is locked to the resonant frequency in the fiber ring cavity rotating clockwise. By performing beat frequency processing on the two laser beams, a highly sensitive rotational angular velocity measurement value can be obtained.
图5为本发明激光陀螺中陀螺装置另一个实施例的示意图。在图5中,陀螺装置中的环形腔是自由空间环形腔。Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the gyro device in the laser gyro of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the annular cavity in the gyroscopic device is a free space annular cavity.
在图5中,由激光装置1中第一偏振分光棱镜104或114提供的第二激光信号通过第二半波片401进入第三偏振分光棱镜402,第三偏振分光棱镜402将激光信号分为反射光路和透射光路,其中反射光路通过第一分光棱镜403分为反射部分和透射部分,反射部分进入第二分光棱镜404以用于拍频测量,透射部分进入第二电光调制器405,第二电光调制器405利用第二信号源406提供的本振信号对所述透射部分进行调制,并将调制后的激光信号由全反射镜M1进行全反射,并通过全反射镜M7进入自由空间环形腔420并沿逆时针方向旋转,沿逆时针方向旋转的激光信号的透射光从M7出射进入第二光电探测器407,第二光电探测器407将激光信号转换为电信号,第二混频器408将第二光电探测器407转换的电信号与第二信号源406产生的本振信号混频后经伺服系统409控制自由空间环形腔420上的压电陶瓷410,压电陶瓷410用于实现将在自由空间环形腔中逆时针方向旋转的本振频率锁定在激光信号的频率f0上。In Fig. 5, the second laser signal provided by the first polarizing beam splitting prism 104 or 114 in the laser device 1 enters the third polarizing beam splitting prism 402 through the second half-wave plate 401, and the third polarizing beam splitting prism 402 divides the laser signal into The reflection light path and the transmission light path, wherein the reflection light path is divided into a reflection part and a transmission part by the first dichroic prism 403, the reflection part enters the second dichroic prism 404 for beat frequency measurement, the transmission part enters the second electro-optic modulator 405, and the second The electro-optic modulator 405 uses the local oscillator signal provided by the second signal source 406 to modulate the transmitted part, and the modulated laser signal is totally reflected by the total reflection mirror M1, and enters the free space annular cavity through the total reflection mirror M7 420 and rotate in the counterclockwise direction, the transmitted light of the laser signal rotating in the counterclockwise direction exits from M7 and enters the second photodetector 407, the second photodetector 407 converts the laser signal into an electrical signal, and the second mixer 408 The electrical signal converted by the second photodetector 407 is mixed with the local oscillator signal generated by the second signal source 406, and then the piezoelectric ceramic 410 on the free-space annular cavity 420 is controlled by the servo system 409. The piezoelectric ceramic 410 is used to realize the The frequency of the local oscillator rotating counterclockwise in the free-space ring cavity is locked to the frequency f0 of the laser signal.
同时第三偏振分光棱镜402提供的透射光路经过第一声光调制器411和第二声光调制器412后,分别经由全反射镜M2和M3进行全反射。其中经过第一声光调制器411后一级光的频率变为f0+Ω1,经过第二声光调制器412后一级光频率为f0+Ω1-Ω2,其中Ω1和Ω2分别为第一声光调制器411和第二声光调制器412的驱动频率,经过第二声光调制器412后零级光的频率为f0+Ω1。其中第二分光棱镜404将全发射镜M2全反射的激光信号和由第一分光棱镜403提供的反射部分进行合束后提供给第四分光棱镜419以进行拍频测量,第三电光调制器413利用第三信号源414产生的本振信号对全反射镜M3进行全反射的激光信号进行调制,其中频率为f0+Ω1-Ω2的一级衍射光经过第三电光调制器413,在其中心频率两侧产生两个边带。第三电光调制器413将调制后的激光信号通过全反射镜M4进行全反射,并通过全反射镜M8进入自由空间环形腔420并沿顺时针方向旋转,沿顺时针方向旋转的激光信号的透射光从M8进入第三光电探测器415,第三光电探测器415将激光信号转换为电信号,第三混频器416将第三光电探测器415提供的电信号与第三信号源414产生的本振信号混频后经伺服系统417控制压控振荡器418的输出频率,并将压控振荡器418的输出频率提供给第一声光调制器411。At the same time, the transmitted light path provided by the third polarization beam splitter prism 402 passes through the first AOM 411 and the second AOM 412, and is totally reflected by the total reflection mirrors M2 and M3 respectively. The frequency of the primary light after passing through the first acousto-optic modulator 411 becomes f 0 +Ω1, and the frequency of the primary light after passing through the second acousto-optic modulator 412 is f 0 +Ω1-Ω2, where Ω1 and Ω2 are respectively The driving frequency of the AOM 411 and the second AOM 412, the frequency of the zero-order light after passing through the second AOM 412 is f 0 +Ω1. Wherein the second beam splitting prism 404 provides the fourth beam splitting prism 419 to measure the beat frequency after combining the laser signal totally reflected by the total emission mirror M2 and the reflection part provided by the first beam splitting prism 403, and the third electro-optic modulator 413 Utilize the local oscillator signal generated by the third signal source 414 to modulate the laser signal totally reflected by the total reflection mirror M3, wherein the first-order diffracted light with the frequency of f 0 +Ω1-Ω2 passes through the third electro-optic modulator 413, and at its center Two sidebands are produced on either side of the frequency. The third electro-optic modulator 413 performs total reflection of the modulated laser signal through the total reflection mirror M4, and enters the free space annular cavity 420 through the total reflection mirror M8 and rotates in the clockwise direction, and the transmission of the laser signal rotated in the clockwise direction Light enters the third photodetector 415 from M8, and the third photodetector 415 converts the laser signal into an electric signal, and the third mixer 416 combines the electric signal provided by the third photodetector 415 with the signal generated by the third signal source 414 After the local oscillator signal is mixed, the servo system 417 controls the output frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator 418 , and provides the output frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator 418 to the first acousto-optic modulator 411 .
在上述实施例中,在陀螺装置中将激光信号分为两束,其中将自由空间环形腔中沿逆时针方向旋转的谐振频率锁定在其中一束窄线宽激光的频率上,同时将另一束窄线宽激光锁定在自由空间环形腔中沿顺时针方向旋转的谐振频率上。通过对这两束激光进行拍频处理,便可以得到灵敏度很高的旋转角速度测量值。In the above embodiment, the laser signal is divided into two beams in the gyro device, wherein the resonant frequency of the free-space ring cavity rotating counterclockwise is locked to the frequency of one of the narrow linewidth laser beams, while the other A narrow-linewidth laser beam is locked to a resonant frequency rotating in a clockwise direction in a free-space toroidal cavity. By performing beat frequency processing on the two laser beams, a highly sensitive rotational angular velocity measurement value can be obtained.
根据本发明激光陀螺又一具体实施例,激光陀螺中的线宽压窄反馈系统可使用如图2所示的反馈电信号的实施例,也可以使用如图3所示的反馈激光信号的实施例。同时激光陀螺中的陀螺装置可以使用如图4所示的采用光纤环形腔的实施例,也可以使用如图5所示的采用自由空间环形腔的实施例。例如,图6给出了激光陀螺采用电信号反馈和光纤环形腔的实施例,图7给出了激光陀螺采用光信号反馈和光纤环形腔的实施例,图8给出了激光陀螺采用电信号反馈和自由空间环形腔的实施例,图9给出了激光陀螺采用光信号反馈和自由空间环形腔的实施例。According to another specific embodiment of the laser gyroscope of the present invention, the line width narrowing feedback system in the laser gyroscope can use the embodiment of the feedback electrical signal as shown in Figure 2, and can also use the implementation of the feedback laser signal as shown in Figure 3 example. At the same time, the gyro device in the laser gyro can use the embodiment using the optical fiber ring cavity as shown in FIG. 4 , or the embodiment using the free space ring cavity as shown in FIG. 5 . For example, Figure 6 shows the embodiment of laser gyroscope using electrical signal feedback and fiber optic ring cavity, Figure 7 shows the embodiment of laser gyroscope using optical signal feedback and fiber ring cavity, and Figure 8 shows the embodiment of laser gyroscope using electrical signal feedback The embodiment of the feedback and the free-space ring cavity, Fig. 9 shows the embodiment of the laser gyroscope adopting the optical signal feedback and the free-space ring cavity.
在上述各实施例中,由于采用了线宽压窄技术,因此激光装置输出的激光线宽可以达到赫兹量级,对于稳频氦氖激光器,其线宽也在千赫兹量级。由公式(2)可知,本发明涉及的激光陀螺与传统使用的激光陀螺相比,在诸如环形腔包围的面积,激光波长,环形腔包围区域的周长等参数都相同的情况下,旋转角速度的测量精度可提高2-3个数量级。In the above-mentioned embodiments, due to the use of the line width narrowing technology, the laser line width output by the laser device can reach the order of Hertz, and the line width of the frequency-stabilized He-Ne laser is also in the order of kilohertz. By formula (2) as can be known, the laser gyroscope that the present invention relates to compares with the traditionally used laser gyroscope, under the situation that parameters such as the area that ring cavity surrounds, laser wavelength, the girth of ring cavity surround area are all identical, rotational angular velocity The measurement accuracy can be improved by 2-3 orders of magnitude.
本发明的描述是为了示例和描述起见而给出的,而并不是无遗漏的或者将本发明限于所公开的形式。很多修改和变化对于本领域的普通技术人员而言是显然的。选择和描述实施例是为了更好说明本发明的原理和实际应用,并且使本领域的普通技术人员能够理解本发明从而设计适于特定用途的带有各种修改的各种实施例。The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and changes will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to better explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention and design various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use.
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